Letters, Feb. 19, 1979

Legalize marijuana [Jan. 29]. Think of the advantages: a new taxable
market, a reduction in the trade deficit (by growing and consuming
domestic crops) and an end to all the corruption and violence that come
with imported pot.

B.A. Walker
Glen Ellyn, III.

The money currently being squandered on marijuana and cocaine law
enforcement would go a long way toward financing a national health
insurance program. The money would be better spent promoting life than
artificially supporting a criminal underground.

Alan Baldwin
Cobalt, Idaho

Marijuana and cocaine are the deep-rooted substances of cultures that
have existed far longer than...